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Nothing gives me pleasure anymore

I feel petty posting this.

But life feels empty. Nothing that I used to do for pleasure; reading, video games, writing, listening to music, drawing, talking to my intarwob friends, gives me pleasure anymore. They all just seem like activities to do to pass the time in between the cycle of waking up, going to college, coming back, eating, going to sleep...

The only thing that makes my day bearable and stands between tolerable yet hollow boredom and unmitigated abject emptiness are my (great :h:) IRL friends. Nothing else, not even schoolwork, seems to be of any value.

Has anyone else ever felt like this and what did you do to get over it?

inb4 someone says masturbation :rolleyes:

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Reply 1

:hugs:

Is there any chance you can arrange to spend more time with your peers, outside of school hours?

Reply 2

randomgirl
:hugs:

Is there any chance you can arrange to spend more time with your peers, outside of school hours?
Well, I get back at 5.30, everyone is tired, most of my friends don't live in my town... although I'm going to my friends house on friday for a few drinks, so, that may improve things. TY :hugs:

Reply 3

I felt like that, but I didn't even have the friends at the time to help. And I didn't do anything to get over it. Whether I got over it or not is debatable. Still, I now have good friends...

Reply 4

Oh my god, you have just explained it all perfectly. Even the little things in life that kept you going, mean **** all now :frown: its horrible. When you get into a cycle, you can't get out of it either. And when you think about it there's nothing perticularly different or bad or about your life compared to before...

Reply 5

:hugs:

Join the club.
So far, I've not found a way to get over it.
At least you've still got good friends.

I'm sorry. I'm useless :frown:

Reply 6

Heh, I started playing pokémon cards again more seriously. Helped a lot.

Reply 7

I always feel like this, except I have a small distaste for my 'real-life' friends and people in general.

Hence why I'm on TSR.

Reply 8

It's the classic symptom of depression, but you don't mention going out/ exercising.
This may make you feel better =)
Get well soon.
Jess

Reply 9

Bagration
Well, I get back at 5.30, everyone is tired, most of my friends don't live in my town... although I'm going to my friends house on friday for a few drinks, so, that may improve things. TY :hugs:


I often think I'm living just to die. Then because I think that it makes me think that I want to enjoy everything, it's weird. I think "Why am I playing video games? There's no point to them", then I get real philosophical and realise there's no real point to life either, so I go back to playing video games.

Reply 10

QuantumTheory
It's the classic symptom of depression, but you don't mention going out/ exercising.
This may make you feel better =)
Get well soon.
Jess
I might give it a try :O

Unfortunately it seems I'm not alone! :grouphug:

Reply 11

Sport, Exercise, Girls, Alcohol, Friends, Socialising, Parties.

Good.

Reply 12

Take up something new and social - sports are good if you're into that kinda thing.

Reply 13

Creepy
I often think I'm living just to die. Then because I think that it makes me think that I want to enjoy everything, it's weird. I think "Why am I playing video games? There's no point to them", then I get real philosophical and realise there's no real point to life either, so I go back to playing video games.
There aren't any games I want to play. -_- I got bored of them all because they don't make me happy anymore...

Reply 14

Bagration
Well, I get back at 5.30, everyone is tired, most of my friends don't live in my town... although I'm going to my friends house on friday for a few drinks, so, that may improve things. TY :hugs:


I can kinda relate to how you feel in a way. Life can be so repetitive sometimes. Whilst I am happy with my life, there is always room for improvement and in order to do that you have the motivation to do so.

Are you planning to go to uni soon? If so, try and look forward to that and how it will offer you new opportunities etc.

Have you thought about doing some different, getting a part-time job to fill the time? Taking up a new hobby? Joining some kind of evening class/group?

Reply 15

CONGRATULATIONS! you have depression

inb4 'hey, youre not qualified to make that diagnosis!'

Reply 16

Interesting; something I can relate to. Reminiscing about my childhood, it's the derivation of pleasures from small and, at the time, innocuously activities which is what made it great. It seems now that I do things for some reason, rather than doing them just for enjoyment/the sake of it.

Reply 17

randomgirl
Are you planning to go to uni soon? If so, try and look forward to that and how it will offer you new opportunities etc.

Have you thought about doing some different, getting a part-time job to fill the time? Taking up a new hobby? Joining some kind of evening class/group?
Yes. I absolutely can't wait. I've been telling myself to slog through this year; at the endof the exams I've got six weeks in Malaysia with my dad and then straight off to University. But it seems so long away and I'm so anxious about grades.

I have no idea what hobby to take up and there are literally no jobs here - if I could find one, I would get it, so I could comfort-spend...

Reply 18

Jangrafess
Heh, I started playing pokémon cards again more seriously. Helped a lot.


I thought that was a joke. Then I looked at your avatar and sig.... :rofl:

Reply 19

Bagration
There aren't any games I want to play. -_- I got bored of them all because they don't make me happy anymore...

:redface: :redface: :redface:
Fallout 3, Fable 2, Wii Music, Halo Wars, Red Alert, the new CoD, the new Tom Clancy...?
I wish I had the time for all these games >_>